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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mosier" data-source="post: 6601090" data-attributes="member: 6776381">Heartbreak's cyberdeck has an extendable micro-thin cord that adapts to any port size, the first truly "universal" plug. The cord links Heartbreak's cyberdeck directly to one of the drones. It will take him some time to reprogram the targeting autosoft on this particular drone, but once he has completed programming one drone, he can use that autosoft template to simply copy the parameters to any other drone he can directly link to. Reprogramming this autosoft is an average (threshold 12) quick (1 minute interval) test of Heartbreak's Software+Logic. Heartbreak's best estimate is that it will take 3 to 5 minutes to finish the programming, and another minute or so to upload the targeting template to the other drones. Will everyone be staying with Heartbreak during this time, or will any of the Runners be splitting from the group to go infiltrate and sabotage the Pow! drink in the preparation room?As he works, Heartbreak can see signs of amateur programming in this autosoft. This certainly wasn't the work of the same person who trounced him in the CTI grid, but rather probably just some physical Security manager's idea of "good enough". The drones can't really tell friend from foe in any meaningful way, but instead are simply programmed to fire at anyone showing physical hostility to a CTI employee. The drones won't stop trespassers, saboteurs, or thieves, unless they draw a weapon or attack one of the drones or an employee. Remarkably, the drones won't even fire on a target that the drone handler has attacked, unless that target physically fights back. Again, Heartbreak smiles at the thought of how many heads are going to roll when CTI leadership does the debriefing for this heist. He can imagine some furious corporate vice-president screaming at the security management staff, demanding to know just how in the holy hell all of their precautions failed. The CTI campus is going to be a pretty miserable place for middle management in the weeks to come...He pushes this thought aside, however, as more pressing matters take priority. Heartbreak must now decide how he wants these drones to work. Who will they fire on? When, and under what conditions? The simpler and more direct Heartbreak makes the parameters, the less likely the stupid drone brains are to screw it up.</blockquote>

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